8x06 Dude, Where's My Groom?

Good Tuesday to everyone! Finally, the weather has cleared here in North
Carolina, and with the sunshine comes another illustrious review from Yours
Truly. It was an interesting episode, but I'll get into that later….For now,
remember, if reviewing or responding before Wednesday, please use the spoiler
space. Without further ado…..

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In a first, I came into this episode without an air of expectation. Maybe it
was the lack of visual, or maybe it's just one of those things, but I don't
know, something felt off about this one. The very first thing I see in the
credits>>>> Adam Rodriquez is missing. Eric's finally left the building but…( if
you don't want to be spoiled …turn back NOW!!!) I have sources that say that
he's going to be making appearances ala Yelina and doing the private
investigation thing. Just when did this become PI Miami? Here's a novel idea,
move on… If Speed was allowed ( or if RC had even an inkling of wanting to make
cameos) to do the go and then return thing, seasons 4-6 probably would've been
better to handle. But I digress, when Eric reappears, so will my argument.

And moving right along…Further down the credits, I see none other than Omar
Miller! I absolutely adore Walter in every capacity, and I'm stoked that he's
apart of the cast, but can I just lay to mention the techs of the past that
would've made rockin' cast additions?

Maxine Valera: She's an enigma, sporadic spotting, and a different hair do
EVERYTIME. She's likeable spunky, and has the tendency to put her foot in her
mouth with off the wall jokes. I would LOVE to see her become full time, but if
it hasn't happened yet, chances are this chic tech isn't going to make it.

Tyler: Resident A/V … dor-I mean technician. I loved Tyler and his so many ways
of telling us that he didn't know why he settled for A/V tech at a crime lab
when there was soooooooooo much more he could be doing with his skills. Maybe he
did put in for a career change, but I miss ol' string bean anyway.

Travers: Even though he lasted only a season ( or was it two?) he made a lasting
impression on me. Just by the absolutely darling English accent, I miss him. And
he was clever to boot. He definitely would've made such a great trace analyst.

I say all of this to say one thing, let's hope that Walter is the last of the
revolving techs.

Now, getting to the plot. It took me no time at all to realize that this was a
very…um …interesting retread of The Hangover. I much liked the movie version
better. After the first twenty minutes, I was dozing, or chatting, or
writing…doing anything other than watching. Some things caught my eye, but only
for a moment , like Jesse and Calleigh visiting the strip club( by the way, why
is it that the males of this show have to justify why they know of stripper
clubs? They're men. Go figure) and talking to the stripper who just reads
INVOLVED in some capacity. It isn't until later that we find that she was put up
to drugging the boys and helping the father of the bride out. Victim is what I
see her as….

Then there was something about a painting missing and a security guard being
killed… all of that was drowned out by other rah rah ramblings that I just
couldn't pay attention to. Seriously, this episode was a blur to me, something
I've not had since well…season five.

Some good things:

Jesse

Ryan wasn't a dunce

Walter was in the lab doing his thing and had a scene with H.

Natalia was visible


Jesse

Tom went out on scene and had witty banter with Ryan

Horatio got his MIAMI DADE PD…. GET DOWN! voice back…

Horatio's pose with the helicopter in the background at the end to let everyone
know…Miami's still his town

End credits

Some bad things:

Plot

Walter in the lab ( and not with his buddy, Jesse. There should be a mandate
that these two HAVE to share at least one scene together.)

Calleigh in the stripper club ( can someone else go with the boys next time)

PLOT

Calleigh in the stripper club (Wasn't this done in You May Kill the Bride?)

The wedding pretense ( again…. You May Kill the Bride)

Abstract about the painting

The Father of the bride…
PLOT

And…. PLOT

In a first, I'm going to give this episode , personally, a D-. I wasn't in the
least bit involved with this story. I didn't care that the groom finally was
found,…ALIVE, and frankly, just about everyone annoyed me- well everyone except
Walter and Jesse, but I digress… I just wanted it to end so I could see the
promo for the next episode, which looks to be EPIC. Until then, this one's going
down in the books as….not so much.

That's how it crumbled for me….What do you think?
Anni